Jose Luis Guerin born in Barcelona in 1960. He teaches at the University Pompeu Fabra and has made several shorts, including The Dramatic Puberty of Alicia (78), Notes on a School (82) and Portrait of Vicky (82). He has also directed five features: Berta’s Motives (85), Innisfree (90), Train of Shadows: The Spectre of Le Thuit (97), En Construcción (01) and Sylvia's Hometown (07).